Heart hurts from smoking: why and what to do

Can smoking cigarettes make you sick?

Yes maybe. Rapid pulse, dizziness, shortness of breath - this is only a minimal set of symptoms that accompany a smoker in the early stages. Further, stabbing pain in the chest, nausea, and loss of strength may appear. The cause of all these troubles is often heart problems, and the provocateur of their occurrence is smoking.

“Bouquets” of complex diseases are acquired, among which diseases of the cardiovascular system occupy a leading position, and many of them are accompanied by pain symptoms.

Causes of headaches from hookah

The feeling of pain in the head is a leading indicator of hookah poisoning. Why it might occur. Let's look at the most popular reasons.

Newbie

Most often, newcomers to the hookah business do not understand how to smoke a hookah correctly. They take intense and deep puffs. The body is very quickly saturated with nicotine. The headache in this situation is only a consequence of poisoning.

Smoking on an empty stomach

Nicotine and smoke affect brain cells. If the brain does not have enough nutrients, then the smoker gets a headache. Therefore, before smoking narghile, you must eat.

Dehydration

Hookah smoke also affects the condition of blood vessels and the speed of blood circulation. The blood vessels narrow and the blood moves more slowly. It is important to take care of the amount of fluid in the body. It is recommended to drink tea (preferably green) or plain water during a nargile session.

Bad coal

When smoldering, low-quality coal will emit significant amounts of carbon monoxide and chemicals that, if ingested by a smoker, can cause headaches.

Room

It is extremely important that the hookah session takes place in a well-ventilated room. Otherwise, the smoke concentration will be too high. Such smoking will lead to hookah intoxication.

Tobacco

Using poor quality tobacco will also lead to negative consequences. Moreover, even improper packing of tobacco can cause headaches.

Why does it hurt and colitis when inhaling after smoking?

Poisons and tars that enter the body along with tobacco smoke displace oxygen , leading to hypoxia (little oxygen in the inhaled air), and then to hypoxemia (“oxygen starvation” of the body). To make up for the deficiency, the heart is forced to increase its beat. Muscle wear accelerates and angina develops.

The disease is accompanied by pain symptoms in the chest area, often on the left. The heart beats strongly, there may be pain in the left shoulder or arm, hand.

If your heart hurts, you need to put two nitroglycerin tablets under your tongue . If after a few minutes the pain does not subside, you need to urgently call an ambulance - perhaps part of the muscle tissue has died, or a heart attack has occurred!

It is impossible to cope with this condition on your own. The risk of cardiac arrest increases significantly.

There are other reasons, which we will look at in more detail in the next chapter.

Why did I quit smoking hookah?

Knowing what leads to deterioration in health, you can take certain measures to minimize the risk of unpleasant symptoms. When using a hookah while relaxing, follow these rules:

• do not drink alcohol before smoking or while inhaling tobacco mixtures;
• when smoking, be sure to ventilate the room, this will reduce the risk of oxygen starvation;
• take long breaks between puffs, do not inhale too deeply;
• do not conduct the smoking ceremony on an empty stomach; a large meal or at least a snack is required;
• use only high-quality coals, do not resort to charcoal, which is intended for cooking on the grill or grill;
• use high-quality smoking mixtures;
• Make sure that the bowl does not overheat.

These rules are simple but effective. With their help, you can reduce the risk of side effects.

Remember that the following people should not smoke hookah:

• who suffers from attacks of high or low blood pressure;
• if there is a history of heart disease and heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmia, angina pectoris);
• if you have asthma, tuberculosis or other diseases of the respiratory system;
• with a tendency to thrombosis, with disorders in the vascular system.

If you feel sick from a hookah, or if you have had a hookah break and smoked a lot of cigarettes, let’s consider what to do. Carbon monoxide poisoning from hookah smoking is 10 times higher than poisoning from cigarette smoking.

The first thing you need to do is provide fresh air for the victim and immediately call an ambulance.

Eat

If you feel bad, you need to:

• drink plenty of fluids;
• Sedum cleansing will help;
• when vomiting, you need to turn the person on his side so that he does not choke;
• If you have poor breathing, you need to do artificial respiration.

This helps oxygen enter the brain, dizziness stops, and headaches disappear. You need to unbutton the top buttons of your shirt or take off your tie to avoid pinching your neck. The vessels stop constricting and spasms stop. Relief occurs within a couple of minutes.

You can drink coffee only after the symptoms of nausea, vomiting and dizziness have passed. The drink invigorates well and brings you to your senses. If a person is still feeling nauseous, it is better to drink strong tea with lemon.

If the body is intoxicated, it is necessary to take medicine. But which pill to take? One tablet of citramone is enough to relieve headaches.

Folk remedies

1. Pour boiling water over 7-10 bay leaves, let cool and drink on an empty stomach before meals. Use three times a day.
2. To restore blood vessels, prepare an infusion of yarrow and birch buds. Pour 2 tablespoons of each into a liter of boiling water and let cool for half an hour, drink 2 times a day before meals.
3. In a blender, mix 1 lemon with the peel and add honey, eat a teaspoon before meals 2 times a day.

Eat

I smoked hookah for three years. He smoked periodically: at least once a week, at most several times a day. Over the past six months, I have smoked hookah at most 5-6 times.

At first, smoking a hookah for me represented some kind of eastern ritual (true, it is an eastern ritual), but I put a little more into it, it was a relaxation tool for me. And to relax after a hard day at work, I came every day, filled my hookah and enjoyed the fragrant smoke.

Perhaps this would have continued if I had not had regular headaches. Now I can smoke a hookah on some holidays or events, but even then I don’t take more than 5-6 puffs.

If you still continue to smoke hookah regularly, then use the following tips to minimize the harm of hookah on the body:

1. Be sure to change the water and clean your hookah every time. I have already mentioned many times about the high concentration of harmful substances in hookah smoke; these harmful substances also settle in the water and in the hookah shaft. If you neglect this advice, then harmful substances will end up in your lungs.
2. Buy quality tobacco. Recently, a wide variety of hookah tobaccos have appeared. But at the same time, the quality of these tobaccos drops significantly. When choosing tobacco for a hookah, remember that first of all you should worry about your health, and only then about everything else.
3. Don't smoke often. Reduce hookah consumption to a minimum, at least once every one to two weeks.

And finally, if you think that the recently introduced electronic hookahs are definitely harmless, then read about the dangers of electronic hookahs.

Eat

How does nicotine affect the functioning of the “engine” and human blood vessels?

The impact is extremely negative . Directly and indirectly, tobacco smoke toxins can cause almost all known dysfunctions of this system that could be avoided after quitting.

Let's look at several main factors of the influence of cigarette smoke on the cardiovascular system and compare the statistics of their occurrence with a non-smoking person . It should be understood that this is only part of the causes and consequences - there can be many more problems.

All these reasons and many others can lead to chronic heart disease, and as a consequence to its rapid wear and tear. If you feel dizzy or have a pounding heartbeat after smoking a cigarette, these are loud signals to immediately consult a doctor.

How to smoke a hookah without getting a headache?

The process of smoking a hookah involves inhaling combustion products of a tobacco mixture with certain flavorings. After smoking, a person may experience unpleasant signs of a hookah hangover - headache, increased heart rate, weakness, nausea. The reasons for this condition are:

1. Smoking on an empty stomach. You should not inhale tobacco mixtures on an empty stomach. Before this, you should eat a hearty meal and drink plenty of fluids. In the process of inhaling vapors, the liquid quickly leaves through the mucous membranes of the respiratory system, resulting in an imbalance of water balance. The body becomes dehydrated, which causes nausea and dizziness.
2. Use of low quality coal. Experienced hookah operators do not recommend using traditional charcoal, which is used for cooking kebabs. This type of charcoal is usually impregnated with various chemical additives to make it ignite quickly. There is special coal for hookah.
3. Adding various alcoholic beverages. You should not add alcohol to the flask, especially if a person is trying to smoke for the first time. The evaporation of alcohol enters the organs of the respiratory system and the bloodstream, causing the phenomenon of intoxication.
4. Incorrectly made coal. To properly prepare charcoal for a hookah, it should be well lit until red hot, evenly, on all sides. There should be no uncooked areas left; if they remain, the person will inhale excess gas.
5. Closed room. The source of headaches, nausea and dizziness is smoke and fumes. Therefore, when smoking, be sure to leave the windows open in the room.
6. Fast smoking. Don't take deep breaths or take too many breaths. Be sure to take breaks and breathe clean air. This will restore oxygen balance and prevent excess nicotine and carbon dioxide from accumulating in excess in the blood.
7. Mouthpiece is dirty. It is very important to clean the mouthpiece in a timely manner, removing the resin.
8. An allergic reaction to certain components of the smoking mixture.
9. Lack of experience of the hookah man, violations of the process of preparing the mixture, coal.
10. The influence of nicotine. This happens especially often in those people who have not smoked before. After just a few puffs you may feel nauseous and dizzy. Such reactions to nicotine entering the body are normal. Also, a person may have an increased sensitivity to nicotine, which will provoke an unpleasant condition.

IMPORTANT! Remember that this method of relaxation should not become systematic. Smoking a hookah is far from a harmless process, so the approach to it must be competent.

The most common negative side effects after smoking a hookah are:

• attacks of nausea or even vomiting;
• disorientation in space;
• the appearance of severe dizziness, especially during movement;
• intense headache;
• the appearance of tinnitus;

• difficulty breathing, shortness of breath;
• acceleration of heart rate, increase in pulse rate;
• painful reaction to bright light and the sun;
• painful reaction to loud sounds;
• muscle weakness;
• emotional rigidity;
• deterioration of health.

The listed symptoms most often appear within a short time after smoking a hookah. Sometimes more dangerous symptoms may appear, such as loss of consciousness and convulsions. This happens more often in those people who suffer from hypertensive or hypotensive disease, who are predisposed to developing an allergic reaction. In this case, you should not ignore this condition; it is better to consult a doctor in a timely manner.

If unpleasant symptoms appear after smoking, you need to take certain actions to get rid of them. To start, stop smoking, open a window in the room, provide access to fresh air, or even better, go outside and take a few shallow breaths. To alleviate the condition, you can take the following measures:

1. Drink as much clean water as possible. Not alcoholic drinks, not sweet carbonated drinks, but pure water. This will help restore the water-salt balance and get rid of dehydration.
2. Drink a cup of strong coffee, as caffeine will have a positive effect on depression.
3. Drink a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.
4. Eat. Eating food will reduce the negative effects of nicotine. It's better to eat an apple or a banana.
5. If you have a severe headache, take a painkiller tablet.
6. If nausea occurs, eat a slice of lemon. For severe nausea, to relieve the condition, soak cotton wool in ammonia and sniff. Usually the condition improves very quickly.

Hookah smoking rules

In most cases, nausea, dizziness and headache are short-term and resolve quickly. If symptoms persist for a long time, the cause may be serious intoxication, poisoning or severe dehydration.

In this case, drink a lot of clean water in small portions, take any strong sorbents - Sorbex, White Coal, Smecta, Atoxil. Take a walk outside. If these steps do not bring relief, consult a doctor, as this indicates serious poisoning or an allergic reaction. Further self-medication in this case is unacceptable.

It is better to provide medical assistance in case of such a “hangover” immediately or in the first hours:

1. First, you need to completely stop smoking, ventilate the room, go outside or carry the victim out;
2. Remove excessively warm clothing that causes discomfort from the victim;
3. Place cold objects moistened with water (ice, bandages) on the forehead;
4. Rub your temples, wrists, elbows, and earlobes intensively to improve blood flow;
5. Moisten a cotton swab with ammonia and bring it to the victim’s nose;
6. If the victim has lost consciousness, it is necessary to call an ambulance. If the company has people with medical education, it is necessary to perform artificial respiration and chest compressions on the victim before the doctors arrive.

If the consequences of an overdose are not too strong, their treatment is symptomatic. The competent use of the method of using therapy aimed at weakening and eliminating adverse manifestations will help to effectively alleviate the condition.

To avoid serious consequences, smoking hookah is not recommended:

• People with chronic diseases, allergies to tobacco components or liquid in the flask;
• Minors;
• Pregnant and lactating women;
• People on a strict diet or during a strict fast.

To avoid serious consequences while smoking, drink more fluids, eat low-fat snacks rich in carbohydrates and vitamins (citrus fruits, apples, bananas). Use only special coal for hookah (coconut, walnut, wood), well lit and evenly laid in small pieces.

Do not let it get into tobacco. Do not smoke the same portion of tobacco for a long time. In general, try not to smoke for more than half an hour. And after each smoking session, wash the hookah thoroughly; harmful substances can settle in it, which also negatively affects your health. Choose a well-ventilated area for smoking.

Hookah poisoning can be both acute and chronic. Inhaling a smoking mixture for a long time harms the body's systems. This can cause serious health problems, the treatment of which will take a long time and a considerable amount of money. In some cases, an overdose of hookah can even lead to death.

Headache, or, as it is also called, hookah sickness, is associated with a bad mood. A hookah headache is no different from a regular headache:

• also knocking and pulsating in the head;
• sound and light are perceived louder and brighter;
• smells become pungent;
• dizziness appears;
• it's even worse if you vomited from a hookah.

If these symptoms are present, it is time to see a doctor.

When poisoning of the body occurs, the following symptoms are observed:

• may feel dizzy;
• an “electronic” sound will appear in the ears;
• nausea;
• blurred vision;
• temples pulsate;
• diarrhea;
• drowsiness;
• fatigue.

It's time to quit using cigarettes and smoking hookah.

It occurs when the blood vessels narrow and sharp spasms begin, which become more frequent. Light and sound are perceived as louder and brighter than they really are.

High blood pressure is properly treated with medications. You should not self-medicate. Throbbing pain is the first sign of cancer.

Sluggish speech

When exposed to the brain, nicotine dulls the sense of perception of information. Due to oxygen deprivation, the brain takes longer to process information, and a state of lethargy prevents you from completing assigned tasks. Carbohydrate oxide destroys muscle tissue in the brain, which leads to headaches.

Nausea

When the gastric mucosa is damaged, when smoke enters, the body produces a lot of saliva and vomiting is present. The muscles of the gastrointestinal tract contract, the body tries to get rid of the poison, and this causes nausea.

Photophobia

This disease occurs when the organs responsible for vision, hearing and other parts of the human body are damaged. If you do not quit smoking in time, the disease leads to complete blindness. Due to intoxication of the body, cell death occurs.

Dizziness

Appears during oxygen deprivation. After dizziness, headache begins. To eliminate these ailments, it is necessary to remove toxic substances from your lifestyle.

Vascular spasms that occur from lack of oxygen lead to stroke. You need to do an examination of your body and find out why your head hurts.

Tachycardia

This is a rapid heartbeat that occurs due to poisoning of the body. A person feels his own heartbeat, dizziness, pulsation of blood vessels, and possible fainting. These signs lead to myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiac arrest.

To relieve fatigue, just drink tea or coffee. You should stop smoking hookah. If you don’t know how to break away from a bad habit, just remember the feeling when you smoked a hookah.

• pour tobacco into a cup;
• put foil on the cup;
• light coal on an open fire;
• put coal on the bowl to warm it up;
• remove coal and ashes from the bowl;
• put new coal;
• smoke a hookah.

• Nausea, vomiting and headaches can be caused by hunger and dehydration. Smoking on an empty stomach is strictly contraindicated, because reduces the body's adaptive capabilities. Hydration is very important - drinking enough water in general increases the body's endurance and helps eliminate toxins.
• Alcohol should never be combined with smoking. It is not advisable to add it to the flask and drink it during a hookah ceremony. The synergistic effect of alcohol and tobacco mixture is simply destructive.
• Hookah tobacco, although in a small dose, contains nicotine. Yes, it is partially filtered, but it does not evaporate - therefore, it is harmful. If a person has not smoked cigarettes before, then he has a greater chance of swimming after smoking a hookah. Moreover, there is such a thing as hypertrophied sensitivity to nicotine, which manifests itself in the above-mentioned uncomfortable symptoms.
• Allergens. Many components of the smoking mixture, as well as the liquid in the flask, can cause an allergic reaction, symptoms of which include difficulty breathing, nausea, and redness of the skin.

Smoking for heart problems in men and women

Unfortunately, diseases can develop without smoking . They may already be present and caused by this addiction. What happens in the body if the harmful effects of tobacco smoke are added to existing diseases?

Smoking can both provoke the appearance of diseases and aggravate the course of existing ones.

Arrhythmia

This is a heart rhythm disorder. It may be associated with tachycardia (increased pulse and heartbeat) or bradycardia (when, on the contrary, the body slows down the heart).

If such conditions are caused by sports (increased) or relaxation (decreased), then they can be considered normal. However, if signs of arrhythmia appear for no reason, and especially after smoking, this is a reason to urgently consult a doctor.

Cardiac ischemia

In this case, we are talking about obstruction of blood flow through the vessels. This may be due to their narrowing or blockage . We have already found out that smoking provokes these phenomena, incl. the appearance of atherosclerotic plaques.

If the disease has already developed, interruptions occur, further smoking can aggravate the situation, up to complete blockage of the blood flow. This can lead to heart attacks, strokes and sudden death.

For congenital heart disease

This is not an acquired disease; a person gets it from birth. People who are faced with this disease spend their whole lives fighting it, but if in such circumstances they smoke and do not give up this monstrous habit, resistance may turn out to be useless, all efforts will be nullified.

Heart cancer

Heart tissue, like others in the body, is susceptible to cancer. Tobacco smoking contributes to the development of diseases and introduces carcinogens into the body, which provoke these terrible ailments.

Heart cancer is a colloquial name for oncological processes in this organ. The disease rarely appears directly in the heart; more often it is affected by metastases, the focus of which is the tissue of other organs.

Smoking can cause malignant tumors!

Can smoking cause heart disease and how else does nicotine affect the human cardiovascular system?

The monstrous consequences of smoking threaten not only the respiratory system. Directly or indirectly, the addiction deals a stunning blow to almost every cell of the human body.

Toxins and carcinogens enter the bloodstream through the bronchi and lungs and spread throughout the body, damaging, poisoning... killing!

One of the first to suffer is the cardiovascular system. The “motor” wears out, which can lead to the most disastrous consequences.

What happens to the heart from smoking? What happens if there is a sudden refusal? Is it possible and how to correct the situation? This will be discussed in detail in this article.

Can smoking cigarettes make you sick?

Yes maybe. Rapid pulse, dizziness, shortness of breath - this is only a minimal set of symptoms that accompany a smoker in the early stages. Further, stabbing pain in the chest, nausea, and loss of strength may appear. The cause of all these troubles is often heart problems, and the provocateur of their occurrence is smoking.

“Bouquets” of complex diseases are acquired, among which diseases of the cardiovascular system occupy a leading position, and many of them are accompanied by pain symptoms.

Why does it hurt and colitis when inhaling after smoking?

Poisons and tars that enter the body along with tobacco smoke displace oxygen , leading to hypoxia (little oxygen in the inhaled air), and then to hypoxemia (“oxygen starvation” of the body). To make up for the deficiency, the heart is forced to increase its beat. Muscle wear accelerates and angina develops.

The disease is accompanied by pain symptoms in the chest area, often on the left. The heart beats strongly, there may be pain in the left shoulder or arm, hand.

If your heart hurts, you need to put two nitroglycerin tablets under your tongue . If after a few minutes the pain does not subside, you need to urgently call an ambulance - perhaps part of the muscle tissue has died, or a heart attack has occurred!

It is impossible to cope with this condition on your own. The risk of cardiac arrest increases significantly.

There are other reasons, which we will look at in more detail in the next chapter.

How does nicotine affect the functioning of the “engine” and human blood vessels?

The impact is extremely negative . Directly and indirectly, tobacco smoke toxins can cause almost all known dysfunctions of this system that could be avoided after quitting.

Let's look at several main factors of the influence of cigarette smoke on the cardiovascular system and compare the statistics of their occurrence with a non-smoking person . It should be understood that this is only part of the causes and consequences - there can be many more problems.

What is harmful? ConsequenceRisk relative to non-smokers

All these reasons and many others can lead to chronic heart disease, and as a consequence to its rapid wear and tear. If you feel dizzy or have a pounding heartbeat after smoking a cigarette, these are loud signals to immediately consult a doctor.

Smoking for heart problems in men and women

Unfortunately, diseases can develop without smoking . They may already be present and caused by this addiction. What happens in the body if the harmful effects of tobacco smoke are added to existing diseases?

Smoking can both provoke the appearance of diseases and aggravate the course of existing ones.

Arrhythmia

This is a heart rhythm disorder. It may be associated with tachycardia (increased pulse and heartbeat) or bradycardia (when, on the contrary, the body slows down the heart).

If such conditions are caused by sports (increased) or relaxation (decreased), then they can be considered normal. However, if signs of arrhythmia appear for no reason, and especially after smoking, this is a reason to urgently consult a doctor.

Cardiac ischemia

In this case, we are talking about obstruction of blood flow through the vessels. This may be due to their narrowing or blockage . We have already found out that smoking provokes these phenomena, incl. the appearance of atherosclerotic plaques.

If the disease has already developed, interruptions occur, further smoking can aggravate the situation, up to complete blockage of the blood flow. This can lead to heart attacks, strokes and sudden death.

For congenital heart disease

This is not an acquired disease; a person gets it from birth. People who are faced with this disease spend their whole lives fighting it, but if in such circumstances they smoke and do not give up this monstrous habit, resistance may turn out to be useless, all efforts will be nullified.

Heart cancer

Heart tissue, like others in the body, is susceptible to cancer. Tobacco smoking contributes to the development of diseases and introduces carcinogens into the body, which provoke these terrible ailments.

Heart cancer is a colloquial name for oncological processes in this organ. The disease rarely appears directly in the heart; more often it is affected by metastases, the focus of which is the tissue of other organs.

Smoking can cause malignant tumors!

If smoking is harmful and kills, then why do you continue?

Smokers find a lot of reasons why they need a cigarette. Most often you can find these:

• calms the nerves;
• energizes;
• stops cough;
• gives pleasure;
• allows you to concentrate.

In most cases, this is self-deception ! Perhaps only stopping the morning cough is true, but this is not a positive aspect, quite the opposite - a cigarette blocks the body’s ability to resist toxins and the smoker’s cough stops, and the accumulation of poisons increases.

There is only one reason for not quitting smoking – addiction ! It can be both physiological and psychological. A person does not pay attention to the fact that his heart is beating strongly, that it is difficult for him to breathe, that other alarming symptoms appear - he finds an explanation for his cowardice and continues the destructive process.

Photo of the heart of a smoker and a healthy person

In the following photos you will see what a smoker's heart looks like:

Can there be problems after refusal?

If diseases of the cardiovascular system have already occurred, then quitting smoking can provoke their exacerbation . Let's take a closer look at what this is connected with and what ways there are to overcome difficulties.

Can your heart hurt if you quit smoking?

Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Cases where a person who quit smoking experienced heart pain are not uncommon. These can be problems with either a slight increase in heart rate or serious illnesses.

Heart disease is the cause of death for a huge number of people, so quitting smoking, accompanied by heart pain, must be done under the supervision of a cardiologist!

Why does it tingle when thrown?

For many years, the body constantly received a dose of toxic substances along with tobacco smoke.

This had a detrimental effect on health, but at the same time it restructured the body to work in toxic conditions.

When you quit a bad habit, the flow of poisons also stops. The developed programs no longer met the standards , and the cardiovascular system began to malfunction.

mainly related to the following factors :

1. Smoking led to vascular spasms, but now the situation is different. The blood supply changes - the heart has to work harder.
2. Smoke and tar reduced oxygen levels. Now it is normalized, but the body needs more strength to absorb it.
3. The vessels and capillaries that were previously attacked by nicotine now relax. The result is a drop in blood pressure, which can lead to heart problems.

What problems could there be with the “motor”?

It can be any type of disease - it all depends on the degree of damage and the length of time the smoker has been smoking.

You shouldn't think that heart problems associated with quitting smoking can be solved by starting to smoke again! This will lead to new shocks for the body and even more negative consequences.

It is necessary to go through this stage if there is pressure in the heart under the supervision of a specialist, and never return to smoking again.

What to do if the damage has already been done?

Regardless of the fact that the cause of the disease is smoking, a specific cardiac disease is treated. However, not all heart problems must necessarily be solved with medication; sometimes a quiet period of life is enough .

Does the heart recover after exposure to tobacco?

The good news is that cardiovascular recovery occurs fairly quickly in those who quit smoking. If the situation has not been taken to extremes and there are no other causes of illness, complete remission occurs.

Who should I contact for treatment?

It has already been mentioned that a cardiologist , and if pain, nausea, or dizziness occur, you should contact him immediately.

If the process is accompanied by diseases of other systems, it is necessary to coordinate the treatment program with specialized specialists (pulmonologist, endocrinologist, etc.).

How to restore your heart after smoking and drinking alcohol?

If drug treatment and hospital treatment are not prescribed, the following are perfect for recovery :

• leisurely walks in the fresh air;
• holiday at sea in a not too hot season;
• reduction of physical activity;
• long sleep;
• a hobby that does not require nervous or physical effort.

Medical specialists may recommend other activities specific to specific cases.

How long will it take for pain in the heart area to go away?

It is impossible to set exact dates . Much depends on the severity of the damage caused, but, as practice shows, even the most advanced cases (if they could still be cured) left no traces of themselves several years after quitting tobacco .

Prevention

Of course, it is better to eliminate the possibility of a disease than to treat it. Therefore, prevention of diseases of the cardiovascular system should be one of the first places for anyone who wants to live a long time.

The main preventive methods are:

1. Quitting tobacco, alcoholic beverages and other bad habits.
2. Compliance with normal body weight.
3. Normal physical activity.
4. Periodic exposure to fresh air.
5. No nervous tension.

Effect of electronic cigarettes

There are no combustion products in the e-cigarette vapor.

In all other respects, the toxins entering the body are similar to smoking.

In addition, the composition includes substances and impurities that have their own negative effects on the body, including the heart.

Can menthol cigarettes make you sick?

Menthol and its derivatives are components of some cardiac medications, but this in no way makes smoking cigarettes safe, much less beneficial! Menthol cigarettes contain the same poisons and tars, and they have at least the same effect on the body.

Does smoking hookah affect the organ?

The hookah smoke is colder, which means there is no burn to the mucous membranes. Otherwise, hookah can pose an even greater threat than all other methods of smoking. The smoke contains a lot of liquid, which improves the absorption of toxins.

Next, we recommend watching a video that talks about the effects of smoking on the cardiovascular and other human systems:

Heart problems and smoking are often directly related. To recover, the first step is to quit smoking! If you do this on time and under appropriate control, the performance of the cardiovascular system can be normalized, which means you can prolong a long and healthy life!

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Is hookah harmful to health?

Tobacco filled into a hookah is no different from what is used to fill cigarettes, except that hookah tobacco must be moistened and is often impregnated with flavoring and aromatic additives.

Another thing is that the processes of smoking and inhaling hookah smoke are very different - hence the difference in effects. If smoking is the combustion of tobacco at high temperatures, then in a hookah the tobacco smolders and burns slowly.

In both cases, a person receives the effects of nicotine and tobacco smoke, but the severity of these effects varies.

If smoking is harmful and kills, then why do you continue?

Smokers find a lot of reasons why they need a cigarette. Most often you can find these:

• calms the nerves;
• energizes;
• stops cough;
• gives pleasure;
• allows you to concentrate.

In most cases, this is self-deception ! Perhaps only stopping the morning cough is true, but this is not a positive aspect, quite the opposite - a cigarette blocks the body’s ability to resist toxins and the smoker’s cough stops, and the accumulation of poisons increases.

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Carbon monoxide, which is formed during smoldering coal, is very harmful. And long-term smoking causes problems in the respiratory tract.

Smoking a hookah is considered even more harmful, because thanks to water vapor, all these tars and other harmful substances are better absorbed into the blood.

Despite the fact that even fruits are put in the hookah, there is still tobacco. In addition, exhaled smoke contains various poisons and carbon monoxide. Scientists state that lung cancer or heart problems may occur more often when smoking a hookah than from smoking regular cigarettes.

Scientists have written comparisons for you, cigarettes are no more harmful than a hookah, you smoke 25 grams of tobacco in a hookah in an hour, and this is equivalent to 3 packs of cigarettes, only no one will smoke 3 packs in an hour, and now look, you inhale as much in an hour as You can kill a horse!

My classmate was given a hookah for his birthday. And all the guests began to try it, I didn’t go to the birthday party (I was sick), but there were a lot of our classmates and other people there... The next day at school they were able to sit through only one lesson, then everyone asked to take time off en masse and ran away. They all had terrible headaches and were vomiting. So think for yourself about the benefits of hookah

Photo of the heart of a smoker and a healthy person

In the following photos you will see what a smoker's heart looks like:

Can there be problems after refusal?

If diseases of the cardiovascular system have already occurred, then quitting smoking can provoke their exacerbation . Let's take a closer look at what this is connected with and what ways there are to overcome difficulties.

Can your heart hurt if you quit smoking?

Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Cases where a person who quit smoking experienced heart pain are not uncommon. These can be problems with either a slight increase in heart rate or serious illnesses.

Heart disease is the cause of death for a huge number of people, so quitting smoking, accompanied by heart pain, must be done under the supervision of a cardiologist!

Why does it tingle when thrown?

For many years, the body constantly received a dose of toxic substances along with tobacco smoke.

This had a detrimental effect on health, but at the same time it restructured the body to work in toxic conditions.

When you quit a bad habit, the flow of poisons also stops. The developed programs no longer met the standards , and the cardiovascular system began to malfunction.

mainly related to the following factors :

1. Smoking led to vascular spasms, but now the situation is different. The blood supply changes - the heart has to work harder.
2. Smoke and tar reduced oxygen levels. Now it is normalized, but the body needs more strength to absorb it.
3. The vessels and capillaries that were previously attacked by nicotine now relax. The result is a drop in blood pressure, which can lead to heart problems.

What problems could there be with the “motor”?

It can be any type of disease - it all depends on the degree of damage and the length of time the smoker has been smoking.

You shouldn't think that heart problems associated with quitting smoking can be solved by starting to smoke again! This will lead to new shocks for the body and even more negative consequences.

It is necessary to go through this stage if there is pressure in the heart under the supervision of a specialist, and never return to smoking again.

What causes a hookah hangover?

Hookah disease or hookah hangover manifests itself:

• pulsating in the temples;
• lungs hurt;
• headache occurs;
• my stomach hurts;
• My heart hurts after hookah.

Why does hookah give me headaches and nausea? When smoke enters the lungs, the body perceives it as poisoning, after which it gets a headache and tries to reject and overcome the toxins. When harmful substances enter the brain, blood vessels begin to narrow, resulting in increased blood pressure.

The proper level of oxygen does not enter the blood, weakness appears, you want to sleep, and the ability to concentrate begins to deteriorate.

When smoking a hookah or a cigarette, a person swallows part of the smoke into the stomach, the mucous membrane of which is damaged due to the tar compounds contained in nicotine. Therefore, the most common complaints arise that after smoking a hookah one feels nauseous and feels ill. Due to the increase in blood pressure, one gets a headache after hookah.

The average smoker smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. If you smoke a hookah instead of cigarettes, the dose of nicotine in the body doubles - hookah tobacco contains more toxins. An overdose cannot go unnoticed:

• you get dizzy when you smoke a hookah;
• stomach hurts after hookah;
• vomited from hookah;
• diarrhea appeared;
• deterioration of vision and hearing;
• fainting.

The reason for this is an overdose of toxic substances in the body. If a constant smoker feels dizzy from a hookah, this is an allergic reaction.

If this symptom is constantly present, vomiting frequently, you need to go to the doctor and have your body examined - it could be a chronic hookah disease. A lethal dose of nicotine is 25-30 cigarettes smoked at a time, which is 1.5-2 mg of nicotine.

What to do if the damage has already been done?

Regardless of the fact that the cause of the disease is smoking, a specific cardiac disease is treated. However, not all heart problems must necessarily be solved with medication; sometimes a quiet period of life is enough .

Does the heart recover after exposure to tobacco?

The good news is that cardiovascular recovery occurs fairly quickly in those who quit smoking. If the situation has not been taken to extremes and there are no other causes of illness, complete remission occurs.

Who should I contact for treatment?

It has already been mentioned that a cardiologist , and if pain, nausea, or dizziness occur, you should contact him immediately.

If the process is accompanied by diseases of other systems, it is necessary to coordinate the treatment program with specialized specialists (pulmonologist, endocrinologist, etc.).

How to restore your heart after smoking and drinking alcohol?

If drug treatment and hospital treatment are not prescribed, the following are perfect for recovery :

• leisurely walks in the fresh air;
• holiday at sea in a not too hot season;
• reduction of physical activity;
• long sleep;
• a hobby that does not require nervous or physical effort.

Medical specialists may recommend other activities specific to specific cases.

How long will it take for pain in the heart area to go away?

It is impossible to set exact dates . Much depends on the severity of the damage caused, but, as practice shows, even the most advanced cases (if they could still be cured) left no traces of themselves several years after quitting tobacco .

What to do to avoid a hookah hangover in the future?

As mentioned above, the best treatment is prevention. Avoiding a hookah hangover is easy, you just need to follow the simple tips below.

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• It is worth giving up hookah with alcohol. It doesn’t matter what kind of drink we’re talking about; in any case, it won’t end well. When smoking a hookah with alcohol, signs of alcohol intoxication will be added to the symptoms described above. Sometimes it happens that alcohol not only adds new symptoms, but also aggravates old ones. It should be noted that if you prefer a hookah with alcohol, then taking drugs from the class of analgesics to treat headaches will no longer work, since mixing such drugs with alcohol is contraindicated.
• Keep an eye on the coals: do not allow them to burn out. You need to prepare the mixture and fill the bowl correctly - mistakes in this matter are disastrous.
• While smoking, it is advisable to absorb more liquid. Give preference to unsweetened healthy drinks: chilled hibiscus and herbal teas are great.
• You should not try to smoke as much smoke as possible; you should inhale slowly, without rushing, passing the pipe to your comrades. This way, the smoker will not only get maximum pleasure from hookah and communication, but will also not harm his health.
• Before smoking, you should eat and stock up on light snacks for consumption during the process, this will relieve the smoker from glucose deficiency, which means the likelihood of hookah illness will be reduced significantly.
• It is not recommended to smoke in the first hookah bar you come across; give preference to a hookah of your own making or a hookah prepared by a friend. If you still want to smoke hookah in an unusual atmosphere, it is better to use the recommendations of friends. Going to an unfamiliar place means risking your health, because the professionalism of the staff, the quality of coal and tobacco are all things unknown to the average visitor to a hookah bar. Remember that if hookah gives you headaches, you may want to avoid the habit.

Nine out of ten people who regularly smoke hookah noticed periodic headaches that were directly related to hookah smoking. These pains sometimes begin from the moment of smoking a hookah, but can also appear at the following moments:

It is made from a loaf, which, in addition to detaching the nose, is also a good anti-lining tool. “If necessary, an ENT specialist will refer you to an allergist to determine the cause through tests or provide desensitization therapy.” Allergy tests are best performed in winter, when there is no contact with the allergen. ENT doctors can provide more precise guidance at the outset, especially if it is unclear what the cold is.

Why does a hookah hangover occur?

There is fever or headache in the vaginal nose. After 2-3 days, the secretion begins to turn yellowish when a bacterial infection occurs, and in allergic rhinitis, it is whitish or white and hard. Sneezing is a symptom of both rhinitis.

1. When smoking a hookah;
2. While smoking a hookah;
3. After changing coals;
4. 10-15 minutes after finishing smoking.

If a person had previously smoked a hookah calmly on previous occasions, and then got a headache after the hookah, then we look for the cause directly in the hookah: in the component parts. Frequent answers from friends sound like this: I smoked a hookah, so the hookah hurts or makes me dizzy.

Prevention

Of course, it is better to eliminate the possibility of a disease than to treat it. Therefore, prevention of diseases of the cardiovascular system should be one of the first places for anyone who wants to live a long time.

The main preventive methods are:

1. Quitting tobacco, alcoholic beverages and other bad habits.
2. Compliance with normal body weight.
3. Normal physical activity.
4. Periodic exposure to fresh air.
5. No nervous tension.

Reviews

Svetlana Linkova, 37 years old:

I had been smoking for 7 years when I started feeling headaches - I started thinking about my health, but I just couldn’t get around to it. When she began to lose consciousness while lighting a cigarette, her husband took her to the hospital. Now I’m in cardiology, the doctors say it’s all from cigarettes.

Misha Agnonchik, 28 years old:

I’ve been smoking hookah for six months now, I became addicted, and now I smoke every day. I bought myself a personal hookah, but lately I’ve been feeling dizzy and confused, what could it be? I turned to a specialist - the doctor said to stop with this, otherwise there would be serious complications.

I heard that smoking a hookah can greatly affect the functioning of the cardiovascular system. Is this true and, if so, is it possible to completely restore heart function after quitting smoking?

In some cases, hookah is called a safe smoking option, but this, of course, is not at all true. The World Health Organization, based on many studies, has concluded that hookah smoking poses a health hazard, since inhaled smoke contains toxic substances that lead to cancer. In addition, hookah, like any smoking, is addictive. But that is not all! When smoking a hookah in a group, there is a possibility of transmitting many diseases, including hepatitis and herpes, if you do not use disposable mouthpieces.

After quitting smoking, over time (not immediately, but gradually), the harm from past tobacco use decreases. Improvements in health appear within a few days. And after 5-10 years, all the negative effects of smoking on health are leveled out.

*Anna Kontsevaya is an expert in the social and educational program “Pulse of Life” and the “Dress in Red!” campaign.

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I have already written about the fact that I have not drunk alcohol for more than three years. But in order to somehow pamper myself with bad habits, I used to smoke hookah. Now I’ve also quit, not completely, but I’ve greatly reduced my consumption. No, I’m not at all the type of person who excludes everything harmful from things around me, wears gauze bandages and washes my hands with soap after every touch. I just watch my body and listen to its signals.

Effect of electronic cigarettes

There are no combustion products in the e-cigarette vapor.

In all other respects, the toxins entering the body are similar to smoking.

In addition, the composition includes substances and impurities that have their own negative effects on the body, including the heart.

How does smoking hookah affect the human body?

The answer is clear: hookah smoking has a detrimental effect on the health of the smoker. This habit will cost you the normal functioning of your heart, lungs, and central nervous system. Many hookah lovers often ignore the symptoms that are caused by this particular bad habit. That is why we will tell you how aromatic smoke affects the functioning of different body systems.

The International Health Committee notes an increase in interest in the hobby of hookah smoking and indicates an increase of up to 7 times in the mortality rate caused by the tendency to smoke tobacco in developing countries. By 2025, if no concrete action is taken, it will reach seven million deaths per year.

Hookah smoking and heart function

Smoking a hookah affects the functioning of the heart instantly, in addition, it also has a gradual detrimental effect. The harm “quick” is almost unnoticeable to a person, since it is minimal. But those changes in the functioning of the heart that are sure to appear in an experienced smoker cannot be ignored. Along with an increase in hookah smoking experience, a person will rapidly increase the chances of developing chronic diseases of the cardiovascular system. Among the main ones are angina pectoris, impaired vascular tone, and coronary heart disease. Researchers note that these ailments develop rather slowly, but are present to one degree or another in every smoker. The first alarming symptoms that should alert a hookah smoker are shortness of breath and tingling in the heart area.

Psychotherapist Lebedev SZ Pavlograd About hookah smoking:

Effect on the lungs

Smoking a hookah, like smoking cigarettes, primarily has a negative and destructive effect on a person’s lungs. Surely at school you were shown frightening pictures depicting the lungs of a smoker. This lung condition can also develop in those who are addicted to hookah smoking. Fans of aromatic smoke claim that most of the harmful components that are formed during the combustion of tobacco settle in the hookah shaft and on the walls of the flask. In their opinion, water also serves as a reliable filter, purifying smoke from dangerous combustion products. This is partly true, but the hookah structure filters harmful smoke so poorly that there is no need to talk about its safety.

Note!

According to researchers, the hookah shaft and the water in the flask filter the smoke, but very weakly; the total degree of purification of hookah smoke does not exceed 40%. This means that most of the harmful components penetrate directly into the smoker’s lungs.

If we remember that hookahs are usually smoked for quite a long time, and the volume of inhaled smoke exceeds 1.5 liters, we can say with confidence: the volume of toxic substances that penetrate the smoker’s lungs is more than sufficient to disrupt the functioning of the respiratory tract

In addition to the general negative impact on the respiratory system. Hookah smoke “hits” in a targeted manner, disrupting the functioning of the so-called cilia of the lung. They are ciliated epithelium that lines the tissues of the respiratory tract from the inside. They play a vital role in the air purification system that a person inhales and serve as a kind of natural filter for the respiratory system.

To a hookah smoker, its smoke seems aromatic and quite mild, but when it enters the lungs it is very irritating to the tissues. These pockets of inflammation do not have time to heal if you smoke hookah too often, and after a few years of engaging in this addiction, a person runs the risk of developing chronic bronchitis. The constant inflammatory process that is present in the lungs in this case significantly reduces the smoker’s immunity, both local and general.

What remains in the lungs and brain after a hookah:

The effect of hookah smoke on vision

Often, hookah smokers may complain of problems with their eyes: they water, itch, and hurt. Often, avid hookah smokers experience a feeling of flickering in their eyes, and visual acuity often decreases. Hookah smoke can cause instant irritation of the mucous membrane of the eyes, in which case the organs of vision will turn red, and the person will experience itching or dry eye syndrome.

If unpleasant symptoms and pain in the eyes cannot force a person to stop smoking hookah, then a chronic disease of the organs of vision may appear, which is called uveitis. It is characterized by severe and long-term inflammation of the membranes of the eyes, which is not so easy to relieve.

Hookah and the work of the central nervous system

The first and obvious negative impact of hookah addiction on the human central nervous system is the addiction that inhaling aromatic smoke so quickly causes. People get used to it much easier. This allows them to relax, unwind, and forget about their problems. And in the list of such relaxing activities, hookah is on a par with alcohol, smoking cigarettes and drugs, since the addiction to hookah arises unnoticed and very quickly. Smoking a hookah, oddly enough, even allows you to make new friends, equally enthusiastic hookah smokers. Smoking a hookah is accompanied by a certain ritual that smokers like so much: soft sofas, calm music, frank conversations.

What does a smoker feel when his lungs are exposed to aromatic smoke? As the researchers note, in most cases there is a sharp decrease in mental activity, physically the person also becomes lethargic, and with prolonged smoking a mild degree of hypoxia occurs. Carbon monoxide, which is released in huge doses when smoking a hookah, also causes a strong blow to the human nervous system. Poisoning occurs slowly and does not immediately make itself felt.

Smoking a hookah during pregnancy

Smoking and pregnancy are incompatible concepts, but many expectant mothers allow themselves to smoke hookah, believing that it is completely safe for her and her child. And they are very wrong! Previously, a lot of arguments were given in favor of the opinion that hookah is as harmful as cigarettes. Pregnancy is a special condition when a woman should protect herself from any, even the smallest, risks. Hookah is among them in first place on the list of extremely dangerous activities for a pregnant woman.

At the very first puff of a pregnant lady, her child will be forced to “swallow” carbon monoxide, and if its amount is capable of poisoning an adult body, then imagine how this will affect the health of the unborn baby. If the expectant mother does not give up this harmful habit, there is a very high risk of developing congenital pathologies in the fetus, abnormalities in the structure of its body organs, as well as abnormalities in the functioning of various organs. A mother who smokes a hookah during pregnancy is not just irresponsible, but truly cruel, poisoning a defenseless child with carbon monoxide, nicotine and dozens of other harmful substances.

Hookah with milk

Hookah with milk is considered soft, it is preferred by those who are not too keen on hookah or are just trying it. Although, by and large, it doesn’t matter if a hookah is charged with milk or water - its harm is not so much from the liquid component, but from tobacco (more precisely, its quality and quantity) and from smoke.

Dangerous misconception!

A hookah with milk in the bowl instead of water is no safer. Milk is the same weak filter as water.